Three
God I hope Claire's all right…I knew I shouldn't have left her—she'd go after Chris again, I'm sure…Dammit! What if something happens to her? What if—
"Need my shoulder too?" David joked, breaking him from his thoughts.
Leon laughed. "No, I'm fine."
"Exactly what Rebecca said," David insisted. "Redfield, huh?"
Leon looked at him, but was not surprised. "Well…yeah, but not—"
BANG!
Leon ducked as a bullet went flying past his head, missing by an inch. "SHIT!" He took out the Beretta that David had given him and started shooting out the broken back window, immediately joined by David.
"Get down!" he told Rebecca as more shots crashed through the back. He ejected the empty clip and slapped in a fresh one as Rebecca cowered towards the front.
"Who the hell are they?" John shouted from the front, flooring the pedal in an instant.
Leon sat back behind the door, panting as he tossed David a full clip. He flinched when a bullet shot through the back and almost hit his arm.
"Isn't it obvious?" he answered, crouching as he attempted to get a good aim. "It's those goddamn Umbrella shitheads!"
The van picked up speed as the familiar black sedan continued to chase after them. The van careened to the left, pushing Leon and David to the right of the vehicle, their aim interrupted and fired blindly.
"Sorry 'bout that!" John yelled. "We need to lose these bastards!"
Leon fixed himself behind the door once again, firing at the following vehicle. He cursed loudly as he noticed that their bullets were bouncing off of the sedan's windows.
We're never gonna get them to back down! Even though I'm not a bad shot, and neither is David, their reinforced windows just makes this a helluva lot more complicated…unless—
The memory of their last engagement flashed into his mind.
"David! Rebecca!" he urged. "Get as close to the front as possible!"
Startled, Rebecca crawled even further to the front, putting her head between her knees, followed by Leon and David. David took a quick glance at him, understanding what he was planning. He smiled.
"Ready?" David asked him.
Leon nodded. "John! Slam on the brakes!"
John frantically shot him a questioning look. "What! Are you fucking crazy!"
"JUST DO IT!" Leon shouted.
And I thought he wanted to drive 'cause he remembered last time…
The van came to a screeching halt—
BAM!
Leon, Rebecca, and David covered their heads with their arms as broken glass flew from the shattered window. The smell of burnt metal and plastic filled the air, causing Leon to cough and choke. He listened as the flying shards fell rhythmically to the floor, emitting a rain of soft pings, hoping not to hear any signs of movement from their enemy.
After he decided that the Umbrella goons were inanimate—at least for the moment—he rose from the crouch he was in and peered out the back. Noticing that the sedan was crushed from the front and that no movement was present, he sat back down and sighed.
"Let's go," he said, ejecting another empty clip, and get the hell out of here…
David watched as Rebecca lay back to sleep, Leon mutely staring out the window—or rather, what was left of the window. He set down his pack. "Redfield again?" He clapped Leon's shoulder.
Leon looked up, then forced a tiny smile. "Yeah…sort of."
David was not sure as to how close Leon and Claire were, but he assumed that there was nothing serious between them.
Although there isn't much of an age difference, and they did go through Raccoon together…
"I'm just worried that she might go off again and look for Chris," Leon continued, "and I was stupid enough to tell her their presumed location."
Oh what the hell…no harm in asking…
"Uh," David said, sitting next to Leon. "Was there—you know—anything between you and Claire?" He looked undoubtedly uncertain.
Leon gawked at him skeptically and said with a defensive tone, "No! Of course not!" He continued to stare at David wildly. "She's just a kid sister that I feel I need to protect!" He dropped his voice, obviously aware that Rebecca was still asleep. "I don't feel a…a spark with her that way. Seriously."
David eyed him. "Protection as an older brother? She has Chris for that, definitely. And even if he isn't with her now, you know she can kick ass."
Leon laughed lightly. "True…but I really don't feel any romance with her, okay? So can we just drop the subject?"
David strolled back to his seat and really changed the subject. "You really did remember my trick, didn't you?"
Leon gave him an inquiring look. "What trick?"
He leaned back and clasped his hands behind his head. "You know—the 'if-Umbrella-is chasing-you-slam-on-the-brakes-and-let-'em-have-you' trick."
Leon laughed knowingly. "Oh, that trick." He shrugged. "Yeah I remembered it, all right." He sighed sarcastically. "Who could ever forget that impact?"
David chuckled and closed his eyes.
From beside him, he felt something move. "Are we there yet?" a tired, breathy voice called. Rebecca sat up rubbing her eyes. She stretched out her arms and yawned loudly. "So, are we?"
David, realizing that they were pulled over, answered, "I'm not sure, but I think so."
"Yes we are," John announced from the front. "So we better say our good-byes to Leon."
yep...there will be romance (lots of it) in this fanfic of mine heeheehee. so if you're not a fan of it---awww phooey hehehe